Svetoslav Ovtcharov

Svetoslav Ovtcharov

writer, director, editor

Svetoslav Ovtcharov was born on Dec 30, 1957 in Bulgaria. Svetoslav Ovtcharov's big-screen debut came with Chernata lyastovitza directed by Georgi Djulgerov in 1996. Svetoslav Ovtcharov is known for Chernata lyastovitza directed by Georgi Djulgerov, Liubov Liubcheva stars as Magdalena and Tzvetan Alexiev as Halibriamov. Svetoslav Ovtcharov has got 13 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Svetoslav Ovtcharov achieved is Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Svetoslav Ovtcharov plays is Sister which will be released on Oct 07, 2020.

Svetoslav Ovtcharov was born on December 30, 1957 in Provada, Bulgaria. He graduated in Film and TV Directing at National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Georgi Djulgerov and Mladen Kiselov. He wrote two historical books and three stage plays. His feature films won several national and international prizes. Svetoslav Ovtcharov is a film director and screenwriter, professor at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, there are 25 films in his creative biography. He is an author of historical documentaries, including the more famous are " Stefan Stambolov - the Creator and the Devastator", "Costa Panitsa - traits throughout his life and his time", "Ferdinand Bulgarian" ; several years he has worked on a documentary about Todor Zhivkov. Ovtcharov is a creator of culinary TV "Fiesta." His feature film " A Farewell to Hemingway" won several Bulgarian prizes of the festival "Golden Rose", Varna, the National Film Center, the Audience Award at the Festival of European Cinema, Los Angeles, California - last year. In December of the 34th international film Festival in Cairo (one of the most prestigious in the world) with his film " Voice Over" that plays shattered by the State security fate of a Bulgarian family during the totalitarian regime won the directing Prize and the critics FIPRESCI Prize.

  • Birthday

    Dec 30, 1957
  • Place of Birth

    Provadia, Bulgaria

Known For

Awards

13 wins & 2 nominations

Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival
2022
Best Short Film
Winner - The Critics Guild Award (UBF)
Vox Populi (2022)
2017
Best Film
Winner - Varna Special Award
2008
Best Director
Winner - Golden Rose Award
Edinstvenata lyubovna istoriya, koyato Hemingway ne opisa (2008)
2008
Best Film
Winner - Golden Rose Award
Edinstvenata lyubovna istoriya, koyato Hemingway ne opisa (2008)
Sofia International Film Festival
2017
Best Film
Winner - Burgas Municipality Award 'Silver Sea-Gull'
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